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Meat & Seafood: Fishing for Improvement
Fishing for Improvement
From Ocean to Shore and Beyond
Since 2011, we’ve donated over $650,000 to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to support fishery improvement projects (FIPs) and other sustainable seafood improvement projects. As one of the first to engage our supply chain with nongovernmental organizations in fishery improvement projects, we’ve been able to bring the best our oceans have to offer to our stores and our shoppers, while ensuring this natural resource is protected for future generations.
GROUPER, SNAPPER, AND SWORDFISH IN INDONESIA
We strive to improve the availability of accurate data on catches and bycatch from both artisan fisheries and larger vessels.
GROUPER AND SNAPPER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
We support efforts to improve stock assessments, obtaining better bycatch and discard data.
PINK SHRIMP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
We participate in FIPs that aim to ensure the fishermen correctly install bycatch reduction devices and turtle excluder devices to reduce the amount of fish caught in nets and allow turtles to escape the nets unharmed.
SOUTH AMERICAN MAHI-MAHI
We promote the development of evaluation tools to help estimate the status of the mahi-mahi population along the eastern Pacific Ocean.
BLUE SWIMMING CRAB IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS
We support improvements that protect and foster the healthy growth of crab stocks.
SNOW CRAB IN CANADA
We are experimenting with ropeless crab traps that will enable snow crab fishing without endangering the North Atlantic right whales as they migrate through these waters.
Additional Support to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Mahi Tagging Project
Publix collaborated with SFP in the purchase of tracking tags to help research the sustainability of mahi-mahi in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO).
On Demand Traps
We worked with SFP to purchase ropeless lobster traps to supply the NOAA trap library to help reduce the risk of entanglement of the North Atlantic Right Whale. These ropeless traps are made available free of charge to fishermen to test on their vessels with the goal of them adopting the new technology.
Electronic Monitoring
We provided funding to equip five fishing boats within our supply chain with high-quality cameras and monitoring equipment. This technology is used to collect data on the effectiveness of bycatch mitigation practices already in place in the mahi-mahi, swordfish, and yellowfin tuna fisheries of Costa Rica and Panama. The equipment records when and where bycatch occurs, tracks migration patterns, and offers data on the species involved.
